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Anthropologist of performance/social media scholar/Bombay-Cairo-Minneapolis
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@jingwang.bsky.social
Assistant Prof, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, UW-Madison; New academic mom; Feminist Co-Founder 结绳志 https://tyingknots.net Website: https://www.jing-wang.net/ #GlobalMedia #GlobalComm #GlobalChina #China #Anthropology #Wisconsin #Madison
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears. Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame. “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
@caitlindickerson.bsky.social
Mostly off of social media for now but I'll be back... Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter and feature writer at @theatlantic via @nytimes & @npr. Cdickerson@theatlantic.com.
@eveewing.bsky.social
I’m a Chicagoan and a prof and I write a lot of things like books [Original Sins, Electric Arches, 1919, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, Maya and the Robot] and comics [Exceptional X-Men, Black Panther, Ironheart] and more + I love my dog so so much
@walidhouri.bsky.social
Editor in Chief @untoldmag.org | West Asia & North Africa Editor @globalvoices.org | Senior Communications Specialist Centre for Lebanese Studies
@amberswanson.bsky.social
@vivvychoi.bsky.social
Ethnographer | Co-Conspirator Writing with Light | Assoc. Professor St Olaf College Disasters, Environmental Justice, Indian Ocean Worlds, Sri Lanka… Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka out May 2025 (DUP) Discount code: E25VCHOI
@charmainechua.bsky.social
Writing a book on the history of the "logistics counterrevolution.” Geography, political economy, labor studies. UCSB. www.charmainechua.com
@hhassan.bsky.social
Founder and Editor in Chief, @newlinesmag.bsky.social. New York Times Bestselling Author https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1682450201/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1699110557&sr=8-1. Father of two boys
@radicalbooks.bsky.social
🇵🇸 ✊🏾 (posts by Bhakti Shringarpure) https://radicalbookscollective.substack.com/
@mauraf.bsky.social
Writer/ethnographer/professor, author of “The Archive of Loss: Lively Ruination in Mill Land Mumbai” (DUP 2019) she/her/free Palestine 🍉 https://www.maurafinkelstein.com
@ajab.bsky.social
Professor of sundry Persianate things. I write about language, literature, history, philology, politics. Twitter @yakabikaj
@rawya.bsky.social
Sr Crisis Advisor Amnesty International — war crimes, human rights abuses in crises. Recovering journalist. Aptly named. Rawya = Storyteller in Arabic.
@mohimarnab.bsky.social
Grad student. University of Minnesota, Twin cities. Film & media.
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social
Subscribe to my tech and online culture newsletter UserMag.co Listen/watch Power User podcast on all platforms!!
@biketrouble.bsky.social
a guy drops one piece of ham in the snow and he never hears the end of it. co-owner/editor of @racketmn.com, em@racketmn.com. (she/they)
@brokeymcpoverty.bsky.social
i signed up to be god’s silliest goose, not his strongest warrior
@amroali.bsky.social
Public Scholar | Sociologist | Middle East Analyst | UNESCO advisor for the Arab region. I explore fractured modernities of the Arab world & the Mediterranean. I write to reimagine. Alexandria-Berlin-Casablanca. www.amroali.com
@roxanegay.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
@sugi.bsky.social
Writer. BROTHERLESS NIGHT: http://randomhousebooks.com/books/57844/
@marwasf.bsky.social
Palestinian feminist made in Saudi | MENA Policy and Advocacy Director @AccessNow
@maitelsadany.bsky.social
Human Rights Lawyer | Executive Director at TIMEP @timep.bsky.social
@mandour.bsky.social
Masters of Human Rights @Humphery School, University of Minnesota. MENA Researcher @Committee to Protect Journalists. #Press_Freedom, #Transnational_Repression, and #Tech_policy. Words are mine!
@timep.bsky.social
TIMEP is dedicated to centering localized perspectives in the policy discourse on the Middle East and North Africa. (Twitter: @TIMEPDC) Sign up for updates: http://timep.org/newsletter
@ircpresident.bsky.social
Always looking forward. Ex (Biomedical and Telecommunication Engineer, AlMasry AlYoum, @GlobalVoices.org, @IFEX.org)
@3arabawy.substack.com
In a dictatorship, independent journalism, by default, becomes a form of activism, and the spread of information is essentially an act of agitation. https://arabawy.org/newsletter
@moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
Consultant psychiatrist based in #Egypt. I usually post or boost posts about: 🧠 #MentalHealth #Psychiatry ✊ #Jan25 #FreeAlaa #FreePalestine 🖥️ #Linux […] [bridged from https://mastodon.online/@moftasa on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@monasosh.bsky.social
This time I won't run after anything, you will find me playing with ducks. Scientist, Human Rights Defender, Cat Decipherer, and Mother 💛 #FreeAlaa
@nicke.bsky.social
⚡️Oceti Sakowin. Kul Wicasa. Lakol Wicoun. The original Red Scare. The Red Nation. Red Media.⚡️
@arashdavar.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Dept of Political Science, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Political Theory, Revolution, Iran
@egyptoknuckles.bsky.social
Food & Music writer based in Minneapolis. Doing a lot, but never doing the most.
@pgemoregn.bsky.social
Former professor of performance at a place. Currently (?) Mostly here to lurk
@annenbergcargc.bsky.social
Advancing Critical Knowledge on Global Media, Communication, and Public Life.
@aswinp.bsky.social
Prof., Annenberg School for Communication @Upenn; focus on media & cultural change in postcolonial & diasporic contexts; Director of the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication. https://www.asc.upenn.edu/people/faculty/aswin-punathambekar-phd
@wedge.live
The Wedge's News Leader | Tips: newsroom@wedgelive.com | signal: wedgelive.33 Support hyperlocal news: patreon.com/wedgelive
@ilhanmn.bsky.social
Mom, Refugee and Congresswoman for #MN05. Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair. Fighting for a more just world.✨ http://HC.com/IlhanOmar
@mkraidy.bsky.social
Author, Teacher, Partner, Leader, Dean & CEO @nuqatar.bsky.social, Founder @iasnuq.bsky.social, Professor @northwesternu, Board Chair @ACLS1919 Board Member & @AnnenbergCARGC & @Casar_Aub
@danaelkurd.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Profile by Molly Crabapple • Header my grandfather's publications danaelkurd.com to contact
@smashfizzle.bsky.social
Author of the bestselling memoir, Somebody’s Daughter. Podcast host. I deserve it all. https://linktr.ee/SmashFizzle